The Briefing, Research Issue 2004
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

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In This Issue:

• A Report Card for the College
• One of the nation's best graduate schools in public affairs
• You are invited to secure your place in the history of the Andrew Young School

Public Finance & Budgeting

• Tanzania's route to fiscal reform
• AYSPS shapes Jamaica's comprehensive tax reform
• Saavedra is named a World Bank Young Professional
• Tracking the disappearing tax
• The invisible tax: If states simplify, will vendors comply?
• Harberger presents paper at ISP Public Finance Conference
• USAID officials train at AYSPS
• Searching for parity in LOST revenue allocations

City Management & Urban Policy

• Ticket to ride: Public awareness a key strategy in mass transit security
• New guide shows how to evaluate TIFs and TADs
• Atlanta measures its municipal performance
• New urban and regional analysis group on the map
• PAUS students cross seas over wires

Public Management & Administration

• Georgia Health Policy Center improves access for the uninsured
• On the road again: Asphalt pricing index analyzed in joint GSU-GTRI project

Public Policy Analysis

• Examining new strategies to attract business: Can foreign investment be predicted?
• From Pre-K to kindergarten: Ready? Set … Go
• When it is who you know
• Survey tracks attitudes towards economic reform

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The Andrew Young School's policy research is easy to access; it is published in numerous academic and professional journals and cited in any number of related studies. It is used to teach in classrooms around the world. This issue of The Briefing is merely an introduction to the breadth and depth of the research conducted by our faculty and staff. You are invited to go to www.andrewyoungschool.org to find full research citations in the AYSPS annual reports.

The Briefing
Research Issue 2004

The Office of the Dean publishes The Briefing three times a year for alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, Ga. 30303-3083.

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